Word: squanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout the game the hoopsters constantly approached the Bulldogs but the lost the momentum before taking the lead. Four times in the second half, Harvard reached its way to within two points of the Eli only to squander its attempts and fall back to a five or six point deficit...
...young African countries beset with similar problems. In West Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Upper Volta and Liberia have all suffered similar revolutions within the past two years; The Gambia and Sierra Leone have narrowly avoided similar revolts. Much of the difficulty, as Rawlings insists, stems from government elites that squander resources and are unable to control their economies...
...Democrats are going to see very few victories in the next year and a half. Politics being what it is, the sides only really change at election time, and there's not another one of those until the fall of 1982. Fighting for the sake of fighting can only squander whatever energy liberals still have; instead, the paramount task must be finding ways to start all over. There has been a wake, but that doesn't mean there can't be a christening before too long...
...Secretary of State Alexander Haig indirectly suggested that economic aid might be forthcoming for Viet Nam if it would pull out its troops. He warned that the U.S. would "continue to question seriously any economic assistance to Viet Nam, from whatever source, as long as Viet Nam continues to squander its scarce resources on aggression." Washington has already succeeded in temporarily blocking $118 million in aid for Viet Nam from...
...entertainment technologies, Raiders is, in fact, an exemplary film, an object lesson in how to blend the art of storytelling with the highest levels of technical know-how, planning, cost control and commercial acumen. Most of its relatively low, $20 million budget (half what Michael Cimino was permitted to squander on his out-of-control flop, Heaven's Gate) is, as they say in Hollywood, "on the screen." It will therefore surely make money. The only question is whether it will rival the huge worldwide grosses of Star Wars ($500 million) and The Empire Strikes Back ($300 million...